"It's the easy way out but Congress should do this," Trump said about a national emergency declaration. "I'd rather not to it." | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo President Donald Trump on Friday said he is in no rush to declare a national emergency to secure funds for his border wall, suggesting instead that he will give…

The Republican-run Senate on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border ... tied to his cherished campaign theme of erecting a border wall. ...

Rob Portman will vote to terminate President Donald Trump's national emergency ... wall on the border would set a "dangerous new precedent." In a speech on the Senate floor, Portman said he believes ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will sign a spending bill to avoid another government shutdown and is declaring a national emergency to secure the funds needed to build the border wall.

President Donald Trump said Friday “there’s a good chance we’ll have to” declare a national emergency in order to appropriate funds to build his long-promised border wall. A specially created Congressional committee is spending the next couple of weeks working to reach a compromise on border ...

President Donald Trump is declaring a national emergency at the U.S. southern border to begin construction on his proposed wall in addition to accepting congressionally negotiated compromise funding, he announced during a Friday morning press conference in the Rose Garden.